We performed a comparison between Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, and Portnox CORE based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Forescout and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."It is a very stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It's a great solution with multi-vendor support. That's always useful."
"It is a robust product."
"The visibility and security features are most valuable. We get a clear view. It is a very secure product for educational institutions."
"Aruba ClearPass is a simple solution for customers to see what is happening on their network."
"I like the stability and the GUI, which is always improving."
"The solution has been working well."
"It's very easy to access support and the documentation is self-explanatory."
"The FortiNAC features I found the most valuable are security and the ability to consolidate wireless networks."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is having visibility over the IoT devices on the network."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiNAC is compliance, which we can do with the clients and the endpoints on the network."
"The solution is good at giving a deep dive into each product. It tells you, for example, what is connected to the network. It gives us good reporting tools."
"It's a very good solution and one thing I have noted is its simplicity and the ease of the set-up process."
"Provides containment and security and and carries out file analysis for cyber theft."
"Version 9.1 has been an improvement on previous versions. It's a good solution for SMB."
"There are some features that are working well."
"The technical support is top-notch."
"Technical support was very helpful when we needed them."
"The most important feature is that this solution is agentless. So, you don't have to install any agents on endpoints."
"Previous to the deployment we didn't have complete visibility of all the endpoints, all the devices that are connected to the network. But with the deployment of portnox, we could see all the devices and where they're connecting. We can equally segregate and apply different rules, policies to each location that we didn't monitor specifically."
"The minute people have issues on their network, we can see what is happening right away."
"For the information security team, the security level was improved because it helped to manage and prevent rogue devices from connecting to the corporate network. The reporting was granular, and reports we scheduled for delivery on Portnox were useful during investigations and audits, especially in cases where the IP address changed."
"The product is a valuable solution within zero-trust architecture, enhancing network security and visibility."
"It's so easy to set up, you don't need outside assistance."
"If you look at the tool's deployment phase from a fine-tuning perspective, I feel it was very complex."
"I can't think of an area where the solution is lacking a feature or a capability."
"The initial setup phase of the solution was really very difficult, owing to which the setup phase can be considered as an area that can be improved."
"The interface could be made easier and more intuitive."
"ClearPass' interface could be more user-friendly."
"The GUI of Aruba ClearPass could improve, it is not user-friendly."
"ClearPass isn't hard to set up, but it takes a long time."
"I remember our technical team stating that the installation front of the solution was a bit difficult when compared to other solutions."
"The technical support is bad. We've had to escalate to Tier 2 and Tier 3. My customer relationship manager on the other side of this has stopped returning phone calls and emails, because there has been such a constant back and forth."
"The user interface and the product's intuitiveness could be improved."
"Classifications and visibility need to be improved a lot. They have to start work on being agentless. Agentless means they need to have strong integration with Windows."
"We have some stability issues with the solution, the network drops out too often."
"Our users have been asking for simpler documentation and training materials to facilitate the deployment process."
"The product could be more user-friendly in terms of GUI."
"The training from Fortinet FortiNAC could improve. Fortinet has to plan for better training for its partners. Additionally, device management should have more integration with other devices, such as new and third-party devices."
"The platform must enable troubleshooting."
"One of the things for the on-premise is that sometimes you click on it and it takes a while for it to respond."
"The licensing is based on a per-port price, even when you are not using all of the ports, and this is something that could be improved."
"The solution did have some stability issues, however, all I had to do was restart it."
"It would be good to integrate Portnox CORE with CLEAR."
"Now, the way security is viewed, maybe including something like AI, to automate some of the things that are required to be done would be great."
"The price could be better."
"Portnox CORE can improve on support for unmanaged switches (or hubs) and other brands of network devices. These kinds of devices are still in use in organisations, especially SMEs who cannot afford to buy a managed switch."
"It might be beneficial to improve the ease of integrating the product with firewalls."
